The UK has set targets for the production and processing of critical minerals by 2035.

【Latest News: The UK's New Critical Minerals Strategy Sets Targets for 2035】

On November 22, 2025, London time, the UK government website released a statement saying:

The new critical minerals strategy sets targets of meeting 10% of the UK's mineral demand through domestic production and 20% through processing by 2035. The strategy will cost up to £50 million (about $65 million) to implement. It is expected that domestic copper demand will almost double by 2035, and lithium demand will increase 12 times. As part of the new strategy, the UK will achieve the production of at least 50,000 tons of lithium domestically within the next decade. Additionally, the procurement rate of any critical mineral in any single country cannot exceed 60%.

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